Improvement in ornamenting moldings



W.'WALLIGK. Ornamenting Moldings.

Patented July 9, 1878.

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WASHINGTON WALLICK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN ORNAMENTING MOLDINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,930, dated July 9,1878; application filed November 19, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WASHINGTON WAL- LICK, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ornamenting Moldings, ofwhich the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to rapidly and cheaply prepare ornamentalenameled moldin gs, such as are used for picture-frames, &c. an objectwhich I attain in the following manner, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are sectional views ofa molding as it appears prior and subsequent to the ornamentation; Figs.3 and 4, sectional and end views of one form of apparatus for carryingmy invention into effect; and Fi 5 a sectional view of another form ofapparatus.

The class of molding to which my invention relates is that in whichwooden strips coated with enamel of one color are ornamented by stripesor lines of another color, this ornamentation having been heretoforeaccomplished by hand with an ordinary paint-brush-a tedious andexpensive process, which 1 obviate in the following manner: I first coatthe outer surface of the wooden molding with enamel of the color whichis desired for the ornamental stripes or lines, and, when this is dry,apply an exterior coating of enamel of the desired color for the body,as indicated by the thick black lines in Fig. 1. When the latter coatingis dry I scrape it away or otherwise remove it at any points where thefirst coating has to appear on the surface for producing the desiredornamental effect.

Thus, in the molding, Fig. 1, the outer coat is removed at the corners aw, as shown in Fig. 2, so that at these corners the color of the firstcoat will be exhibited as a contrast with the color of the outer coat.After this the molding may be varnished or polished in the usual manner,and is then ready for conversion into frames or for other purposes.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown one form of device for removing theexterior coating from the corners of the molding, A representing aplate, having an opening, a, and provided on the front with fouradjustable cutters, B, which act on the four corners of a duplex strip,H, Fig. 4, which has been coated in the manner described above. As thestrip is forced through the opening in the plate by means of feedrollersD D, the cutters scrape away the outer coat of enamel at the corners,after which the strip is severed in the middle and thereby convertedinto two moldings of the character shown in Fig. 2.

The plan which I prefer, however, for carrying out this part of theprocess is to apply the plate A to the discharge end of theenameling-box for which I obtained Letters Patent of the United Stateson the 25th day of May, 1875, for by this means the strip is steadilyguided in its passage, and the use of an additional pair of feed-rollsis dispensed with. (See Fig. 5.)

If desired, three or more coatings of enamel of different colors may beapplied to the strip, so that lines or stripes of various colors may beexhibited on the surface by the exposure of the different coats atdifferent points.

The outer coat or coats of enamel may be so removed as to produce anydesired ornamental designs.

I claim as my invention The mode herein described of ornamentingmoldings-that is to say, by first applying two or more coats of enamelof different colors, and then cutting or scraping away portions of theouter coat or coats by passing the coated molding between or in contactwith knives or cutters, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

\VASHINGTON IVALLICK.

\Yitnesses RICHARD L. GARDINER, HARRY SMITH.

